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title: Identify the article in which Toad professed to have discovered «the… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the article in which Toad professed to have discovered «the real thing». Exam question 1 of lesson 30 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road (Toad's canary-coloured caravan)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road…

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Identify the article in which Toad professed to have discovered «the real thing».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Toad · **What happens:** identify, profess, discover · **To what, where:** article, real thing

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 30 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 2: The Open Road (Toad's canary-coloured caravan)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart:e1:1
# text = Identify the article in which Toad professed to have discovered «the real thing».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	professed	profess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux	_	_
10	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	xcomp	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the article |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme |
| 2 | **profess** | past | Toad |  |  | the article |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-2 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **discover** | to-infinitive · perfect | Toad *not said here* | the real thing |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A splendid gipsy caravan fitted with a stove and a bird-cage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart:e1:o1:1
# text = A splendid gipsy caravan fitted with a stove and a bird-cage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	splendid	splendid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	gipsy	gipsy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	cage	cage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | participle |  | a splendid gipsy caravan *not said here* |  |  |  | with a stove and a bird cage | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A canary-coloured caravan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart:e1:o2:1
# text = A canary-coloured caravan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	canary	canary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A large and fine barge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart:e1:o3:1
# text = A large and fine barge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A bright canary-coloured caravan with a brass lamp and curtains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart:e1:o4:1
# text = A bright canary-coloured caravan with a brass lamp and curtains
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
3	canary	canary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	curtains	curtain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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